Jan Koolman

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Jan Koolman (born November 7, 1943 in Lübeck ) is a German biochemist and professor emeritus.

Life

Jan Koolman is a son of the silversmith Rolf Koolman (1900–1954). He studied biochemistry at the University of Tübingen and in 1969 at the University of Marburg with one of Peter Karlson supervised dissertation on the metabolism of ecdysone to Dr. rer. nat. PhD. In 1977 he completed his habilitation in biochemistry in the medical department. Various stays abroad followed in Bristol , Strasbourg , Paris and Barcelona .

In 1984 he became professor for physiological chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Marburg. From 2001 to 2004 he was also Dean of Studies for Medicine. His main research interests are the field of hormone systems and the didactics of biochemistry. His main work, the textbook Pocket Atlas of Biochemistry , was published in its fifth edition in 2019 and has been translated into numerous languages.

Works

  • Studies on the metabolism of the ecdysone in insects: an ecdysone oxidase. Marburg, Univ., Department of Chemistry, Dissertation 1972
  • (Ed.) Ecdysone: from chemistry to mode of action. Stuttgart; New York: Thieme 1989 ISBN 978-3-13-730401-2
  • with Klaus-Heinrich Röhm: Pocket Atlas of Biochemistry. Stuttgart: Thieme 1994 ISBN 978-3-13-759401-7
engl .: Color atlas of biochemistry. Stuttgart; New York 1996 ISBN 978-3-13-100371-3
French: Atlas de poche de biochimie. Paris: Flammarion Médecine-Sciences 1994 ISBN 2-257-10114-6
it .: Testo atlante di biochimica. Bologna: Zanichelli 1997 ISBN 88-08-09032-9
Japanese: Seikagaku-atorasu. Tōkyō: Bunkōdō 1997 ISBN 4-8306-0107-8
5th edition Pocket Atlas of Human Biochemistry. Stuttgart: Thieme 2019 ISBN 978-3-132-41740-3
  • with Peter Karlson and Detlef Doenecke: Short textbook of biochemistry for physicians and natural scientists: 78 tables. 14., rework. Ed., Stuttgart; New York: Thieme 1994 ISBN 978-3-13-357814-1
15th edition under the title: Karlsons Biochemie und Pathobiochemie. 15th, completely revised. and newly designed edition, Stuttgart; New York: Thieme 2005 ISBN 978-3-13-357815-8
  • (Ed.) Coffee, cheese, tooth decay ...: Biochemistry in everyday life. Weinheim; New York; Chichester; Brisbane; Singapore; Toronto: Wiley-VCH 1998 ISBN 978-3-527-29530-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stations after Karlsons biochemistry and pathobiochemistry. 15th, completely revised. and newly designed edition, Stuttgart; New York: Thieme 2005 ISBN 978-3-13-357815-8 , The authors
personal data
SURNAME Koolman, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biochemist and professor emeritus
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck